The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-08-19

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ne from my eve to-day, as by the mlsts oA NIB
-reat Niagara. for the dash and the plnhse
these great torrents of life dropping down no
o the fathcmless and thunierins abyss Q.
ffering ard woe. / sometimes think thas ~
4 as God blotted out the Church OF no
Ivatir- md Corinth and Laodicea, because y
~ ninth and stoiidity He Will blot GU yer
:. and English Chrltianity, and raise
: moths a stalwart wide-awake, MISSION Du
that can take the full meaning
equally 60 go into all the world. ,ul
Golf 70 saa pel 20 every creature. ",
: ooiA " eoo ~ utized shall be saSA "
monster evil inteinpiierance. Drunk
enness is SO great an evil that n
good citizen should give up til
struggle for its prevention If "
are foiled in one attempt We mus
make another in different Jay
The failure of prohibition is n,
reason that we should come to tn,
conclusion that no reform can pos
sibly be effected. There is a rem
edy, and one too that the great
masses of our people will endorse
The majority of our people are moi
Incorporate nor apologists for the
evils of drunkenness. Thousands
of them hate drunkenness with all
their hearts, but they do not be.
lieve that prohibition is the prop
er remedy, convince them of a rea.
sonable plan to drive drunkenness
from the land and they will accept
it In my opinion the great evil
of dram-drinking lies in the re-
tail system. 1t is the public drink
ing of spirits sold under the L.
cense system that breeds so much
evil 1t is the sale of intoxicating
liquors by the drink that produces
so much Generalization. There
never was a greater mistake made
or greater wrong done by the
government than that of licensing
the sale of intoxicating liquors. In
stead of checking drunkenness it
promotes it. If it is wrong to sell
liquor by the drink it is wrong to
license such sale. Every sensible
man knows that it is bad policy to
do evil that good may come, or to
do one wrong to prevent another.
L suppose that the object of legis-
lation at the outset in licensing
the sale of liquor by the small was
70 correct the evil of drunkenness.
Now the object of some Legislators
seems to be the raising of revenue, !
Monstrcus Thought indeed The
raising of revenue by prostitution
is horrible. The thirty pieces of
silver that secured the betrayal of
the Son of God was better money
than is the revenue that is now
raised by licensing the liquor
traffic. 1t is blood money, and is
4 curse rather than blessing to
ihe state, and is unfit to be put in
% the treasury. 1t is not fit even
% purchase graveyards for crimi-
nails, and much less for foreign
srs. Away with i'll
] candidly think it would be far
better for our general government
o abolish the internal revenue al
and leave the liquor
question with the state. Then let
very person make and sell spirits
hat might wish to, and that with
nut greater tax than is imposed
lpon any other manufacturer or
Iealer. But the Legislature should
bsolutely prohibit the sale of
iquor by the drink any and every
1here. This would most effectu-
lily break down the saloons, bar
ooms and shops of every kind.
'ublic sediment will endorse such
law and there will be no trouble
4 its enforcement Such a law
hight not stop drunkenness Alto
ether, but with prudent legisla-
Ion it would drive it to a mans
wn Preside or closet and parent
regard and maternal influence
'ould soon scout it from there.
Respectfully,
w. J. WILSON.
San Saba, Tex, Aug, IL.